Hello everyone, I'm looking into moving to Japan after I get enough work experience and language fluency. I'd like to work as a software engineer and I was looking into how working as a software engineer in Japan is but everything I found was from a male point of view. What is your experience as a foreign woman software engineer working in Japan? What are the hardships I'll face working there? Are my chances of having a good career in this field as a foreign woman in Japan decent? Unfortunately this is a highly gendered field everywhere in the world, and the thought of working as a foreign woman in Japan in a Japanese men dominated field doesn't exactly look that great, and that sucks because I'd really love to move there.
So for female software engineers living in Japan, what are your experiences working there? Would you recommend it?
by Expert-Pea6435
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My wife works at a 外資系 company in Tokyo as a SDE. She is Japanese, born and raised there and started working there after graduating last year from a US university. 2/5 new grads hired in her batch are female, and from what I know there hasn’t been any men/women inequality issues. There is 飲み会 but girls aren’t forced to drink or pour drinks for their superiors. Overall it seems like she gets a lot of support from others and is able to develop professionally.